With a massive manhunt in its 11th day, State Police say they are “expanding and shifting” their search for a pair of convicted murderers who escaped from the Clinton Correction Facility. David Sweat, 35, and Richard Matt, 48, remained on the loose Tuesday after they went missing from the maximum-security prison in Dannemora, Clinton County, […]

Using a female worker in a getaway plot by two escapees at an upstate New York prison was like the “backup plan,” the local sheriff said. Clinton County Sheriff David Favro told CNN today that the fact that Richard Matt, 48, and David Sweat, 35, remain at large for the 11th day suggests the alleged […]

New York will have a statewide definition of affirmative consent on college campuses as part of a law to combat sexual assaults. Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders announced the deal today after the Democratic governor made his “Enough is Enough” campaign a top priority for the Legislature in the waning days of the session. […]

The Assembly Democrats representing the East Ramapo school district today rejected a Senate bill recently introduced that would alter plans to install a state monitor at the troubled school district. Instead, Assembly members Ellen Jaffee, D-Suffern and Assembly Kenneth Zebrowski, D-New City, said they have sent new bill language to the Senate in an attempt […]

The Senate’s second-ranking Republican returned to the chamber Tuesday for the first time in nearly three months, drawing a standing ovation from his GOP colleagues and a barrage of fist bumps. Lots and lots of fist bumps. Senate Deputy Majority Leader Thomas Libous, R-Binghamton, made his first trip to Albany Tuesday after a post-surgery blood […]

Make room for man’s best friend. The state Assembly today joined the state Senate in passing legislation that would change state heath law to allow restaurants to let customers bring their pet dogs into outdoor dining areas. The bill was adopted in the Senate last month, and now it heads to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s desk […]

Yonkers schools got bailed out again. A look at the deal forged between Yonkers mayor Mike Spano and Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Read column.
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The head of the Assembly Education Committee says lobbying on school issues has gotten “out of control” in New York. In a radio interview Tuesday, Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan, D-Queens, was asked about the rise in spending on education lobbying in recent years, which was detailed in recent days by Gannett’s Albany Bureau and a report […]

After the passage last night of an emergency medical marijuana bill in the Senate, advocates and families are pressing Gov. Andrew Cuomo to sign the bill. Whether he will is uncertain. With the state’s medical marijuana program expected to launch in January, Cuomo may balk at the emergency regulations that supporters say could get non-smokeable […]

The state Board of Regents will formally approve regulations today that will revamp the state’s system for evaluating teachers and allow for a “receiver” to have broad power over schools deemed by law to be “failing.” But that doesn’t mean they’ll like it. The Regents’ P-12 Education Committee approved both plans Monday. Since all 17 […]

Pensions for New York City Fire Department retirees have averaged more than $100,000 over for the past seven years, and seven retirees topped $200,000 in annual pensions, a report today found. The Empire Center, a fiscally conservative think tank, released the pensions of 15,911 FDNY retirees after a lengthy court battle for the data. The […]

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said there will “no short-term emergency” now that rent control laws for New York City and parts of the lower Hudson Valley has expired. The Legislature couldn’t reach a deal last night to extend regulations for the more than 2 million tenants who live in rent-controlled apartments in New York. The Senate […]

A bill that would expedite access to medical marijuana for severely ill patients in New York will head to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s desk. The Republican-controlled Senate passed legislation Monday night that would create a “special certification” for patients with a “progressive and degenerative” disease or whose life or health is at risk without the drug. […]

The Senate’s second-ranking Republican has postponed his return to Albany after nearly three months away. Senate Deputy Majority Leader Thomas Libous, R-Binghamton, had been scheduled to return to the Capitol for the first time since late March, when he says complications from a back surgery led to a blood infection that hindered his ability to […]

A bill to legalize mixed-martial arts in New York is reaching a “consensus” among its sponsors and may head to the floor of the Senate and Assembly this week for a vote, a key lawmaker said today. The Assembly make a series of changes to the bill earlier this month to win over opponents in […]

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